Washington, D.C. –Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks for the hearing on hate crimes and the rise of white nationalism: “Today, the Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing that I wish we did not have to conduct, but which is sadly necessary, to examine an urgent crisis in our country.  We will consider issues… Read more »

Washington, D.C. –Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship Chair Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) released the following statementon the resignation of Secretary of Homeland Security, Kirstjen Nielsen: "Throughout her tenure as Homeland Security Secretary, Kirstjen Nielsen… Read more »

Washington, D.C. - Today, the House passed H.R. 1585, the bipartisan Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019 (VAWA), by a vote of 263-158. The bipartisan legislation was introduced by Congresswoman Karen Bass (D-CA), Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA). The landmark legislation, enacted in… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement during the Committee's markup authorizing a subpoena for Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s full report, along with its underlying evidence and related matters, as well as subpoenas to five individuals—Donald McGahn, Steven Bannon,… Read more »

Washington, D.C. –Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks for the first ever hearing on H.R. 5, the Equality Act, which explicitly prohibits discrimination against the LGBTQ community: "Nearly 50 years after the Stonewall Uprising, there is still no federal law that… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, the chairs of six committees in the U.S. House of Representativeswrote toU.S. Attorney General William Barr moving forward on their demand that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report be made available to Congress together with the underlying evidence. The letter was signed by House Judiciary Committee Chairman… Read more »

Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) spoke on the House floor in support of  H.Res. 124, a resolution expressing opposition to the Trump Administration's ban on transgender individuals serving openly in our nation's armed forces.  The following are Congressman Nadler's remarks, as prepared, and a video available here: "Mister Speaker, I rise in… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks during a Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet hearing on the lack of diversity in patent inventorship and its impact on the innovation economy: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for holding this important hearing to investigate why… Read more »

Washington, D.C. –Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks during a Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties hearing on examining the constitutional role and limits of the presidential pardon power: "Today’s long-overdue hearing examines the constitutional role and the limits of the presidential pardon… Read more »

Washington, D.C. –Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during the full committee markup of H.Res. 243, a Resolution of Inquiry regarding Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and former FBI Acting Director Andrew McCabe, and the obstruction of justice investigation at the… Read more »